Raj Bahadur

Raj Bahadur
Raj Bahadur
	Raj Bahadur on a 2013 stamp of India
India Ambassador to Nepal
	In office; January 1968 – January 1971
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation
	In office; 9 November 1973 – 22 December 1976
Preceded by	Karan Singh
Succeeded by	Kotha Raghuramaiah
Ministry of Communications
	In office; 7 December 1956 – 17 April 1957
Preceded by	Jagjivan Ram
Succeeded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Personal details
Born	21 August 1912; Basan Gate, Bharatpur (present-day Rajasthan, India)
Died	22 September 1990 (aged 78); New Delhi, India

Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) He was the leader of the Indian National Congress, who was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from the state of Rajasthan. After independence, he became the first tourism minister of India.^[1]

Career[edit]

He was three times elected to Lok Sabha from Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He also served as Minister of Telecommunications for year 1956 – 57.^[2] He was elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Bharatpur in 1980. Raj Bahadur also served as India's ambassador to Nepal.

He died on 22 September 1990 in New Delhi.

References[edit]

↑ "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in.
↑ Former Ministers – Department of Telecommunications – Government of India Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

Raj Bahadur bioprofile

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[1] "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in.

[2] Former Ministers – Department of Telecommunications – Government of India Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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